Mac OS X UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Mac OS X Power Users
/ Thomas Myer, Wiley, 2009
This is a guide for Mac users and admins who will be venturing beyond the friendly configuration windows and using the command line. The book is a re-spin of the book BSD Unix Toolbox by Christopher Negus. 200 pages.
Dependency Injection : design patterns using Spring and Guice / Dhanji R. Prasanna, Manning, 2009
Java programmers will find this valuable. 300 pages, contents:
appendix A – The Butterfly Container
appendix B – Smarty Pants for Adobe Flex
OCA Oracle Database : SQL certified expert exam guide : (exam 1Z0-047) / Steve O’Hearn, McGraw-Hill, 2010
If you are a programmer doing SQL for Oracle, this book will help you get certified. 700 pages.
The Best Technology Writing / Steven Johnson, editor, Yale University Press, 2009
This collection of essays is good reading for anyone interested in the direction that computer technology is heading. Essays are written by Julian Dibbell, Dana Goodyear, Farhad Manjoo, David Talbot, Andrew Sullivan, Robin McKie, Dalton Conley, Nicholas Carr, The Onion, Danah Boyd, Joshua Davis, Clive Thompson, Elizabeth Kolbert, Dan Hill, Sharon Weinberger, Kevin Kelly, Luke O’Brien, Adam Stermbergh and Clay Shirky. Essays originally appeared in Wired, Slate, The Atlantic, and the New York Times Magazine.
The Best of Technology Writing / Clive Thompson ed., University of Michigan Press, 2008
This slightly dated collection of essays is good reading for anyone interested in the direction that computer technology is heading. Essays are written by Ted Allen, Michael Behar, Caleb Crain, Julian Dibbell, Cory Doctorow, David Glenn, Thomas Goetz, Charles Graeber, Alex Hutchinson, Walter Kirn, Robin Mejia, Emily Nussbaum, Ben Paynter, Jeffrey Rosen, John Seabrook, and Cass R. Sunstein. 200 pages.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 : administrator’s pocket consultant / William R. Stanek, Microsoft Press, 2010
This book for the Microsoft email systems admin looks useful. It is billed as a ‘pocket’ book: do you have large pockets? 800 pages.
HTML & CSS : the Complete Reference, 5th ed. / Thomas A. Powell, McGraw-Hill, 2010
Here are all the details for the web programmer. Of particular interest is the coverage of HTML5, which many of us hope will make Flash obsolete.
If you are publishing web content, you probably don’t want this book: use Drupal or Wordpress so you don’t need to fuss with the HTML. 800 pages.
Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux bible / Christopher Negus, Eric Foster-Johnson, Wiley, 2009.
Here are 1000 pages for the Fedora admin. The book will be useful at the beginner and intermediate level. Most of it applies to any current Linux distro. It includes a live CD and an installation DVD. The live CD can be used in most PC’s, without installing anything to the hard disk, and will allow you to experience Fedora Linux. When you are hooked, pop in the DVD and install your system.
Clean Code : a Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship / Robert C. Martin ; [with] Michael C. Feathers … [et al.], Prentice Hall, 2009
The programming gods have spoken, and this is the way and the light. The example code is in Java, but the rules and practices should be applied where possible to all languages. 400 pages.
Success Stories in Satellite Systems / edited by D.K. Sachdev, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009.
This collection of articles covers some system engineering but is mostly about the business aspect and history of satellites. Hard cover, 400 pages.